Was Carl's Broken Leg On Shameless Real?

As it turns out, not all of the injuries in "Shameless" are fictional — Carl's leg was broken in real life — or should we say Ethan Cutkosky's leg was broken in real life. "Broke leg= real. Originally Carl was supposed to come up on a skaeboard [sic] in the demolition scene," Cutkosky (who plays Carl on the show) tweeted on the night of the season premiere. Cutkosky doesn't give any explanation as to how his leg was broken, but we will get a little more insight from his castmate, Emmy Rossum — who plays Fiona on the show.

During a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), Rossum fields a question from a fan about Cutkosky's leg and gave the inside scoop as to how it was really injured. "Carl has a broken leg because the actor, Ethan, who plays Carl, actually broke his leg in real life, while dancing at a party (or so that's what he told us)," Rossum wrote in the AMA. Rossum didn't stop there either and had to add a little insult to the injury by begging the question, "How do you break your leg dancing?"